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Movie Description
Tennessee Williams based his screenplay on Oscar Saul's adaptation of Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in a grimy New Orleans project. The story of the fragile sentimentalism of a former prostitute who visits her sister only to be taunted mercilessly by her childish brother-in-law. Academy Award Nominations: 12, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Marlon Brando), and Best Screeplay. Academy Awards: 4, including Best Actress (Vivien Leigh), Best Supporting Actress (Kim Hunter), and Best Supporting Actor (Karl Malden). The director's cut contains three minutes of previously censored footage.
Film Notes
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1999.
Industry Reviews
"...Brando's electric 1951 performance fueled a whole new generation of actors....[Restored material] significantly adds to the Sturm und Drung..." - Recommended
Biskind
"...STREETCAR is one of the great ensemble pieces in the movies..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (11/12/1993)
"...Leigh, Hunter, Karl Malden and the fabulous art-set decorations all won Oscars here, though Brando's performance remains the No. 1 selling point..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (07/08/1994)
"...Even 52 after its initial release, this sultry melodrama about aging Southern belle Blanche DuBois still packs a wallop..."
Los Angeles Times - Susan King (04/27/2003)
"Together, Brando and Kazan created a new kind of leading man..."
Entertainment Weekly - Entertainment Weekly Staff (07/16/2004)
5 stars out of 5 -- "Simply a masterful adap of Tennessee Williams' sultry, searing play and an affirmation of Marlon Brando's acting genius..."
Total Film - Jane Crowther (06/01/2006)
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